MRI: Development: Design and Development of Near Field Acoustic Holography (NFAH) System

本项目是西北大学重大研究仪器项目资助的仪器开发项目。开发一种独特的近场声全息（NFAH）系统专利技术。这将是一个新颖的系统，并将解决各种“嵌入式”纳米和微尺度结构和工程系统的成像和分析中的新问题。NFAH发展计划将为西北大学及其合作伙伴的研究/教育目标的实现做出重大贡献。在数十个潜在的教师用户、其他当地学术/研究机构（Argonne、UIUC、UIC）以及工业客户（JEOL、Asylum research、Veeco、Molecular Imaging、Baxter、AMD、GE、SEMATECH和道康宁）中，对拟议开发的应用有着非常广泛的兴趣。该仪器将成为西北大学新的多用户，多功能和全天候访问的NUANCE（西北大学原子和纳米级表征实验）中心（www.nuance.northwestern.edu）的组成部分，并将被安置在NIFTI（纳米级集成制造，测试和仪器）用户设施内。一个完全集成的开发、实施和使用计划正在计划中，该计划从400多名NUANCE现有用户中吸取经验，并计划通过短期课程、基于网络的内容交付、广泛的实践培训和教育计划来提高使用率。它还将加强西北大学的纳米分析基础设施，以及西北大学对“最高卓越”的使命，即生命与生物医学科学和材料科学的最广泛定义。西北大学的仪器开发项目由主要研究仪器项目支持。该项目涉及内部开发一种独特的近场声学全息（NFAH）系统专利技术。这种新颖的系统将解决各种“嵌入式”纳米和微尺度结构和工程系统的成像和分析中出现的问题。NFAH发展计划将为西北大学及其合作伙伴的研究/教育目标的实现做出重大贡献。在数十个潜在的教师用户、其他当地学术/研究机构（Argonne、UIUC、UIC）以及工业客户（JEOL、Asylum research、Veeco、Molecular Imaging、Baxter、AMD、GE、SEMATECH和道康宁）中，对拟议开发的应用有着非常广泛的兴趣。拟议的开发项目将成为西北大学新的多用户，多功能和全天候访问的NUANCE（西北大学原子和纳米级表征实验）中心（www.nuance.northwestern.edu）的组成部分，并将被安置在NIFTI（纳米级集成制造，测试和仪器）用户设施内。一个完全集成的开发、实施和使用计划正在计划中，该计划从400多名NUANCE现有用户中吸取经验，并计划通过短期课程、基于网络的内容交付、广泛的实践培训和教育计划来提高使用率。它还将加强西北大学的纳米分析基础设施，以及西北大学对“最高卓越”的使命，即生命与生物医学科学和材料科学的最广泛定义。

This is an instrument development project at Northwestern University (NU) supported by the Major Research Instrumentation program. A unique and patented technique of Near-Field Acoustic Holography (NFAH) system will be developed. This will be a novel system and will address emerging issues in imaging and analysis of diverse "embedded" nano and microscale structures, and engineered systems. NFAH development program will significantly contribute to achieiving the research/educations goals of Northwestern University and collaborative partners. There is a remarkably broad interest in applications of the proposed development across dozens of potential faculty users, other local academic/research institutions (Argonne, UIUC, UIC) as well as industrial clients (JEOL, Asylum Research, Veeco, Molecular Imaging, Baxter, AMD, GE, SEMATECH and Dow Corning). The instrument will be an integral part of NU's new multiuser, multifunctional and full 24/7 access NUANCE (Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental) Center (www.nuance.northwestern.edu), and will be housed within the NIFTI (Nanoscale Integrated Fabrication, Testing and Instrumentation) user facility. A fully integrated development, implementation and usage program is planned, which draws from 400+ existing users of NUANCE, and plans to enhance the usage through short courses, web-based content delivery, extensive hands-on training and educational initiatives. It will also enhance NU's nano-analytical infrastructure, and Northwestern's mission towards the "Highest Order of Excellence", namely Life and Biomedical Sciences and Materials Science in their broadest definition. This instrument development project at Northwestern University (NU) is supported by the Major Research Instrumentation program. This project involves in-house development, of a unique and patented technique of Near-Field Acoustic Holography (NFAH) system. This novel system will address emerging issues in imaging and analysis of diverse "embedded" nano and microscale structures, and engineered systems. NFAH development program will significantly contribute to achieiving the research/educations goals of Northwestern University and collaborative partners. There is a remarkably broad interest in applications of the proposed development across dozens of potential faculty users, other local academic/research institutions (Argonne, UIUC, UIC) as well as industrial clients (JEOL, Asylum Research, Veeco, Molecular Imaging, Baxter, AMD, GE, SEMATECH and Dow Corning).The proposed development project will be an integral part of NU's new multiuser, multifunctional and full 24/7 access NUANCE (Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental) Center (www.nuance.northwestern.edu), and will be housed within the NIFTI (Nanoscale Integrated Fabrication, Testing and Instrumentation) user facility. A fully integrated development, implementation and usage program is planned, which draws from 400+ existing users of NUANCE, and plans to enhance the usage through short courses, web-based content delivery, extensive hands-on training and educational initiatives. It will also enhance NU's nano-analytical infrastructure, and Northwestern's mission towards the "Highest Order of Excellence", namely Life and Biomedical Sciences and Materials Science in their broadest definition.